Showing posts with label tax hikes in japan. Show all posts
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Friday, September 30, 2011

DPJ Proposes Selling to Japan Tobacco

Cigarette packs display in the tobacco selling counter on September 29, 2011 in Himeji city, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. High – ranking officails in the government and Democratic Party of Japan have proposed to sell the government shares in Japan Tobacco Inc to reduce the total amount of revenue needed from extra tax hikes to raise 9.2 trillion yen ($120 billion) fund for reconstruction of the Tohoku region following the March earthquake and tsunami. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Street Photo Gallery)
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